A town of second homes: 6% of its homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Faye counted 216 residents and 98 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 6.3% locally. The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 83% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Faye
Fewer residents than in 2012
Faye had 228 residents at the 2012 census and 216 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Faye behind 89% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then −11% to 2023. Over those years, the median Loir-et-Cher town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Faye is over 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Faye 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of Faye’s residents are 65 or older, against 30% in the median Loir-et-Cher town and 22% in the median compared French town; 22% are under 18. Put another way, about one in ten: 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
In Faye, 37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 58% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Faye has 26%.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 7.7% of homes stand empty
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Some 3.2% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 31% who have been there 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €27,270 a year to live on
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,270 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 37% in Faye, more than in 73% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Faye ranks below 83% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.9%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals: 1.4%, below 87% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Faye, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The share of single residents trails 94% of compared French towns: 19%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Faye
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The share of graduates of higher education is 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 216 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Faye sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faye | 48.3 | 20% | 6% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 4.7 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 5.3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 5,607 · 13.9 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 14.2 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 14.8 mi | 58.8 | 40% | 6.6% | 3% |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor 4,471 · 15.8 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Faye
What is the population of Faye?
216 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (228).
How old are Faye’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Faye?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Faye?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Faye?
€27,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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